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WarCraft: The Sunwell Trilogy #1-3
The Sunwell Trilogy
Diese Ausgabe erzählt die ganze Sunwell-Trilogy am Stück!
In den dunstverhangenen Nebeln der Vergangenheit war Azeroth von wundersamen Wesen aller Art erfüllt. Geheimnisvolle Elfen und kühne Zwerge wandelten unter den Menschen, doch der zerbrechliche Frieden im Land, wird durch uralte Mächte, gefährlich und verhängnisvoll bedroht. Jetzt kämpfen Orks, Elfen und Drachen um die Herrschaft über die zerschmetterten Königreiche. Kalec, einer der letzten Überlebenden vom Volk der Blauen Drachen, wird ins zerstörte Königreich Lordaeron gesandt, um die dunkle Bedrohung zu finden, die sein Volk zu vernichten droht. Was als Kampf ums nackte Überleben beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer epischen Mission, um das gesamte Königreich der Hochelfen vor der Untoten-Geißel und dem endgültigen Untergang zu retten...
In den dunstverhangenen Nebeln der Vergangenheit war Azeroth von wundersamen Wesen aller Art erfüllt. Geheimnisvolle Elfen und kühne Zwerge wandelten unter den Menschen, doch der zerbrechliche Frieden im Land, wird durch uralte Mächte, gefährlich und verhängnisvoll bedroht. Jetzt kämpfen Orks, Elfen und Drachen um die Herrschaft über die zerschmetterten Königreiche. Kalec, einer der letzten Überlebenden vom Volk der Blauen Drachen, wird ins zerstörte Königreich Lordaeron gesandt, um die dunkle Bedrohung zu finden, die sein Volk zu vernichten droht. Was als Kampf ums nackte Überleben beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer epischen Mission, um das gesamte Königreich der Hochelfen vor der Untoten-Geißel und dem endgültigen Untergang zu retten...
504 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2005
About the author
Richard A. Knaak
266 books1,493 followersRichard A. Knaak is the bestselling author of Dragonlance novels, the Dragonrealm and Black City Saint series (his own creations), six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written several non-series fantasy books.
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December 2, 2017
پایانش با چیزی که توی شب اژدها بهش اشاره می شد متفاوت بود توقع کشته شدن اون شخصیت رو داشتم اما جور دیگه ای تموم شد
December 19, 2018
L’avevo già letto in passato, ricordavo poco e quel poco che ricordavo non era nulla di buono XP, con questa rilettura ne ho avuto la riconferma. Nonostante la presenza di personaggi (tipo Sylvanas) e temi (tipo il Flagello) davvero succulenti, Knaak gestisce il tutto malissimo. Una trama confusa che cerca di darsi importanza col pretesto di essere incisiva, ma i personaggi sono mere macchiette senza un briciolo di carisma, piatti come il foglio di carta su cui sono rappresentati, i presunti intrighi poi sono davvero patetici. Una storia né carne né pesce a cui le illustrazioni dallo stile orientaleggiante si sposano malissimo, dandogli il colpo di grazia.
Perché non ho dato una stella? Perché la copertina è intrigante dai, però ecco, tenetela ben chiusa e non aprite questo volume che delle meraviglie che il mondo di Warcraft ha da offrire ha giusto marchio.
Perché non ho dato una stella? Perché la copertina è intrigante dai, però ecco, tenetela ben chiusa e non aprite questo volume che delle meraviglie che il mondo di Warcraft ha da offrire ha giusto marchio.
May 23, 2015
"I saw a Mage cast a spell once and my jaw really did drop at the damage" That is a quote I kept thinking of as I read this story. It is my favorite "Confession" that I get people to admit in-game by my shadow priest. Yes I've been playing World of Warcraft religiously for 10 years so this book was a special treat for me. I'm not even a fan of Manga, but I'm sure I enjoyed this book so much because it was awesome seeing places and characters from the game come to life on the pages in stunning black and white artwork. I could tell the artist and writer shared my passion for this world.
I especially loved - the dragons, seeing Tarren Mill, Alterac Mountains, a character exclaim, "Grim Batol," (haha!) Sylvannas, the Frostwyrm, the Scourge, did I mention the dragons?
My priest is a blood elf, so there's that. After reading I wanted to go solo big dragons and AOE a bunch of scourge "in-game," so there's that too.
I especially loved - the dragons, seeing Tarren Mill, Alterac Mountains, a character exclaim, "Grim Batol," (haha!) Sylvannas, the Frostwyrm, the Scourge, did I mention the dragons?
My priest is a blood elf, so there's that. After reading I wanted to go solo big dragons and AOE a bunch of scourge "in-game," so there's that too.
April 17, 2008
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEE
January 20, 2016
amazing amazing amazing, i could not put this down. amazing
April 17, 2008
WOAH! O_O cool. . . i really like warcraft, i always play DotA at school. gonna read this asap! >_<
November 25, 2024
1-2 Stars.
Spoilers (and rant) ahead.
I don't think I will ever warm up to Knaak's writing, and certainly not to how he handles the dragons of Warcraft.
In this romp he has a blue dragon (Kalecgos, yes, the guy who will later become the new Aspect of Magic after we have to kill Malygos) investigate whatever is going on around the destroyed Sunwell. Kalec runs into a human girl who is baffling him with the stuff happening around her, and surprise, turns out she's the Sunwell taken human form.
There's also agents of the Lich King searching for her, because, y'know, massive magical powersource and all.
This itself wouldn't be a problem in and on itself, if Knaak would not have the characters be so flat, the plot and decisions so convoluted and irrational in-universe, and if he would, for crying out loud, stop having Korialstrasz so absurdly important and overpowered.
Yes, of course Korialstrasz, the most beloved consort of Alexstrasza; the red dragon who apparently has a better grasp on magic than Malygos; the red dragon who seems to be such a titan-forsaken lynchpin throughout all of Azeroth's history is, once again, the key behind it all.
He not only turned the sunwell into a human (AND masked her from the detection of frigging BLUE dragons), he also has so many other things going that ultimately save the day. Again.
So yeah, if you ever read a single of Knaak's takes on the dragons (which are pretty much all of them >:V ) you know what to expect here.
Also, no points for the art either: While well done, it doesn't give off a warcraft feeling. Creatures unique to the warcraft universe look haphazardly done, and generally it feels as if the artist was given very very little reference to work with.
To the point where Korialstrasz' look in dragonform is straight up Nozdormu as seen in the TTRPG rulebooks.
The majority of the 1.5 stars are made up because this at least gives a solid base for fanfic, and most of it has been sorta retconned out of lore anway.
But good gracious, it's aggravating if you care for lore even slightly.
Spoilers (and rant) ahead.
I don't think I will ever warm up to Knaak's writing, and certainly not to how he handles the dragons of Warcraft.
In this romp he has a blue dragon (Kalecgos, yes, the guy who will later become the new Aspect of Magic after we have to kill Malygos) investigate whatever is going on around the destroyed Sunwell. Kalec runs into a human girl who is baffling him with the stuff happening around her, and surprise, turns out she's the Sunwell taken human form.
There's also agents of the Lich King searching for her, because, y'know, massive magical powersource and all.
This itself wouldn't be a problem in and on itself, if Knaak would not have the characters be so flat, the plot and decisions so convoluted and irrational in-universe, and if he would, for crying out loud, stop having Korialstrasz so absurdly important and overpowered.
Yes, of course Korialstrasz, the most beloved consort of Alexstrasza; the red dragon who apparently has a better grasp on magic than Malygos; the red dragon who seems to be such a titan-forsaken lynchpin throughout all of Azeroth's history is, once again, the key behind it all.
He not only turned the sunwell into a human (AND masked her from the detection of frigging BLUE dragons), he also has so many other things going that ultimately save the day. Again.
So yeah, if you ever read a single of Knaak's takes on the dragons (which are pretty much all of them >:V ) you know what to expect here.
Also, no points for the art either: While well done, it doesn't give off a warcraft feeling. Creatures unique to the warcraft universe look haphazardly done, and generally it feels as if the artist was given very very little reference to work with.
To the point where Korialstrasz' look in dragonform is straight up Nozdormu as seen in the TTRPG rulebooks.
The majority of the 1.5 stars are made up because this at least gives a solid base for fanfic, and most of it has been sorta retconned out of lore anway.
But good gracious, it's aggravating if you care for lore even slightly.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 3, 2018
I must say I enjoyed the Ashbringer comic and the Thassarian manga much more than this trilogy.
Warcraft's story feels very serious to me. War, racism, the apocalypse, political conflicts, resource conflicts, idealistic conflict etc. But this comic feels very teenagey.
The girl is Deus Ex Machinad to be uber-powerful but doesn't know it, I mean, the worst trope you can muster...
The story feels on-the-rails, rather being character driven as all lore so far and in the future.
Once again, Knaak's style really destroyed the experience for me. He's very good at writing dialogue, but his descriptions and world building lack clarity and impact.
I hear Anveena and Kalec make an appearance in the Sunwell raid in The Burning Crusade expansion. I'm eager to see whether reading this comic will have any influence on my experience of that raid. I'll edit this review after it.
Warcraft's story feels very serious to me. War, racism, the apocalypse, political conflicts, resource conflicts, idealistic conflict etc. But this comic feels very teenagey.
The girl is Deus Ex Machinad to be uber-powerful but doesn't know it, I mean, the worst trope you can muster...
The story feels on-the-rails, rather being character driven as all lore so far and in the future.
Once again, Knaak's style really destroyed the experience for me. He's very good at writing dialogue, but his descriptions and world building lack clarity and impact.
I hear Anveena and Kalec make an appearance in the Sunwell raid in The Burning Crusade expansion. I'm eager to see whether reading this comic will have any influence on my experience of that raid. I'll edit this review after it.
January 30, 2023
THE SUNWELL TRILOGY is really entertaining and really pretty look at but I can't really say that much remained with me after I read it. It's also the kind of lore specific Warcraft side content that gets overwhelmed by increasing additions to the canon. After all, it may be hard to remember the Blood Elves are EVIL magic addicts if you aren't playing the original World of Warcraft levels. That is, however, the premise here and trying to figure out a way to cure them of their horrifying addiction by restoring their source of magical crack. This is also where we eventually meet Jaina Proudmoore's dragon beau. Richard A. Knaak is a great author and I always enjoy his stuff.
September 14, 2018
After all these years, this is one of the first books I ever put in my Want to Read list. After all this time, I have now done it!
I really like Kalecgos as a character and Anveena is a pretty cool concept. As someone who has never really read comic books before, I enjoyed diving into this art, even though I already knew the story.
I really like Kalecgos as a character and Anveena is a pretty cool concept. As someone who has never really read comic books before, I enjoyed diving into this art, even though I already knew the story.
June 7, 2017
It was boring, full of overused tropes. Not many hot elves. The art was nice tho.
July 14, 2021
Loved it, absolutely devoured it, and i must say Dar'khan and Tyri have ssssmokin style.
Would raide their wardrobe any day
Would raide their wardrobe any day
January 27, 2026
Me regalaron uno de los tomos hace la tira y por fin he podido acabar de leerlos. Empieza un poquito flojillo y luego mejora con la aparición de algunos personajes emblemáticos.
May 31, 2013
Para pronto: Kalecgos, un dragon azul, se enamora de un charquito de agua (Anveena) que ha tomado forma humana.
ikr?
Anveena vive una vida humana normal en Tarren Mill, hasta que es descubierta por Kalec, y la ayuda a escapar los asesino de Dar'Khan, que estan tratando de hacerse con el poder del Sunwell, la fuente de poder de los Elfos de sangre, hecha humana.
En lo personal, me gusto la caracterizacion de Dar'Khan. El tipo apenas es un elite lvl 26 en el juego pero aqui su historia es expandida y mostrada con justicia, y realmente capto mi interes.
Desgraciadamente, mi personaje favorito (Lor'themar Theron) solo aparece por unas viñetas, pero aun asi, la historia complementa el relajo que es la raid de Sunwell, en la expansion Burning Crusade. Una de las mejores historias de Knaak :)
ikr?
Anveena vive una vida humana normal en Tarren Mill, hasta que es descubierta por Kalec, y la ayuda a escapar los asesino de Dar'Khan, que estan tratando de hacerse con el poder del Sunwell, la fuente de poder de los Elfos de sangre, hecha humana.
En lo personal, me gusto la caracterizacion de Dar'Khan. El tipo apenas es un elite lvl 26 en el juego pero aqui su historia es expandida y mostrada con justicia, y realmente capto mi interes.
Desgraciadamente, mi personaje favorito (Lor'themar Theron) solo aparece por unas viñetas, pero aun asi, la historia complementa el relajo que es la raid de Sunwell, en la expansion Burning Crusade. Una de las mejores historias de Knaak :)
August 22, 2015
I typically try not to read manga because it confuses me. All the characters start to look alike and the drawings meant to create suspense just confuse me. But since I want to cosplay Anveena I figured I needed to know her story. I came. I read. I got it. Kalec fell in love way too fast and Tyri was fine with it. Dar'Khan looked like Halduron and I don't even know what role Jorad played in the whole mess, except for saving a headstrong Tyri. I mean no disrespect but man I had some trouble following.
November 11, 2007
Okay, updating this review since my previous review was admittedly snarky. The story was standard fantasy fare, and the art was only so/so. Not great, but would probably appeal to people who are actually interested in the Warcraft backstory. It didn't particularly make me want to delve further into the Warcraft world, although I did read a few of the other DC WoW graphic novels, and was similarly underwhelmed by the story. Just didn't make my geek heart go aflutter.
March 6, 2023
This is a good way to get into World of Warcraft lore, without getting REALLY into the reeds. Art is clean, and does a strong job of conveying both emotions for characters, and motion during battle.
Our cast play off each other nicely, and all have compelling roles to play in the story. For the Warcraft nerds out there, the callbacks are STRONG!
Our cast play off each other nicely, and all have compelling roles to play in the story. For the Warcraft nerds out there, the callbacks are STRONG!
March 27, 2008
Decent story, fantastic art.
The artwork has a bit of an old school edge to it. Solid composition. This is a nice edition, has some sketches in the back. Same price as buying the 3 issues it compiles.
The artwork has a bit of an old school edge to it. Solid composition. This is a nice edition, has some sketches in the back. Same price as buying the 3 issues it compiles.
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